Neck Deep: keeping it simple

“W e didn’t really have a strict outline of what we wanted it to sound like,” answers Neck Deep bassist Fil Thorpe-Evans when asked what exactly they wanted to do with their new record. His answer’s simple, which looks to be the essence of the album itself. “We just wanted it to be us but bigger and better. We didn’t wanna change the style, we didn’t want to not change the style. We just wrote songs and it kinda just naturally happened. It was just the same as last time, but bigger and better.”

Having released their debut full-length just last year, Neck Deep are already picking up the pace. The Wrexham five-piece are set to release their new effort ‘Life’s Not Out To Get You’ this August, and if the band want you to know anything about it, it’s that it’s exactly who they are. Just, you know, even better.

“We just wanted to top our last album” continues frontman Ben Barlow. “We just wanted to write a better record. We wanted to stay true to who we are and what we do, but just do it really well and I think we actually did that. I think the team that we worked with really knew that as well, and I think that everything just really fell into place with this album. We just wanted to work with the right people and write some killer songs; why complicate it with the idea of, ‘Oooh, we want to go in this new direction’?” he laughs. “We’ve got plenty of albums to try that!"